” said the caliph. The young man obeyed, and began his history.
The Story of the Lady who was Murdered, and of the Young Man her Husband.
Commander of the faithful, this murdered lady was my wife, daughter of this old man, who is my uncle by the father’s side.
She was not above twelve years old, when eleven years ago he gave her to me. I have three children by her, all boys, yet alive, and I must do her the justice to say, that
” said the caliph. The young man obeyed, and began his history.
The Story of the Lady who was Murdered, and of the Young Man her Husband.
Commander of the faithful, this murdered lady was my wife, daughter of this old man, who is my uncle by the father’s side.
She was not above twelve years old, when eleven years ago he gave her to me. I have three children by her, all boys, yet alive, and I must do her the justice to say, that
